SYDNEY, Sept 8 | Wed Sep 7,

SYDNEY, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Chinalco Yunnan Copper Resources , an Australian affiliate of Yunnan Copper Industry (Group) Co, has teamed up with Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto to explore for copper in Chile.

Chinalco Yunnan Copper Resources said on Thursday it had signed an earn-in agreement with an option to joint venture with Rio Tinto at copper porphyry exploration property Candelabro, northern Chile.